Hard choices confront Bay recovery task force
That was the easy part, task force leader
"We still have to figure out which (projects) that we will be doing first," Carroll said.
It will be no easy task.
Adding significant urgency to the county's work is a deadline requirement inserted into the congressional disaster relief bill signed into law by
The other
Translation: the county task force has just 11 weeks to decide which projects have the higher priority for the HUD funds, and to prepare formal grant applications to be submitted to the
It will be no easy undertaking. Of the 316 projects listed in the recovery plan, 114 cite HUD disaster relief funds as a primary source of revenue. And their total value of
-- Housing: 27 separate projects and initiatives totaling
-- Infrastructure: 51 separate projects including stormwater management, public facility storm hardening and replacement, storm shelters, transportation and wastewater treatment, for a total of
-- Economic Redevelopment: 14 projects totaling
The report also identifies the "primary sponsor" of each proposal, with
The list of expensive projects also is long: Not counting the 27 housing initiatives (which do not show individual cost estimates), there are 41 projects valued in excess of
Carroll said he anticipates that the task force will be meeting with the county staff and the panel's consultants in the weeks ahead to determine which of the projects should have top billing.
"Putting the (HUD disaster relief) projects together is a priority," Yates said. "Some of the first money coming to
Carroll said all hands have a busy time ahead of them.
"This is a challenge," he said.
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